Why have laws to completely ban plastic bags failed in India?

As Maharashtra gears up to enforce a complete ban on plastic bags and other plastic products, environmentalists are not convinced it will be implemented.

Aarefa Johari

· Mar 21, 2018 · 12:30 pm

India’s real riches are the diversity of food it offers. It needed these books to show us

The ‘First Foods’ books from the Centre of Science and Environment have the power to transform what we eat.

Vivek Menezes

· Mar 18, 2017 · 08:30 am

In two years, NDA has cleared 75% of industrial projects in and around wildlife habitats

The previous UPA government's rejection rate for projects because of wildlife concerns was 12.2%, while the NDA's has been 1.29%, a CSE study found.

Scroll Staff

· Jun 15, 2016 · 02:34 pm

Adivasis in the Bastar conflict zone are spearheading a massive conservation effort

Residents are collecting seeds of native species to grow in nurseries. Lakhs of these saplings are then transported for reforestation drives in other states.

Madhu Ramnath

· May 17, 2016 · 06:30 pm

Mizoram's push for oil palm plantations might end up hurting the diversity it wants to save

A study has found that even the burnt fields of traditional jhum cultivation are better for birds than monocultures.

Mridula Chari

· May 10, 2016 · 12:30 pm

World's forests are fragmenting into tiny patches – risking mass extinctions

Smaller, isolated chunks of forests can't sustain as much wildlife as one big connected region.

David Edwards, The Conversation

· Mar 24, 2015 · 06:30 am